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Cluster Board Meeting 6 June 2012
Agenda Item number 7.2.1
DERBYSHIRE CLUSTER BOARD MEETING
6th June 2012
Report Title: Futures 2013 – Organisational Development Item No: 7.2.1
Plan for the Derbyshire Cluster.
1. Background and context
To ensure consistency of approach, the Cluster board agreed that its
programme of organisational development, Futures 2013, should apply equally
across both constituent PCT’s and asked to receive regular reports on progress
at its open meetings.
2. Matters for consideration
The purpose of this agenda item is to update the Cluster board on the further
progress being made with the roll out of Futures 2013.
Futures 2013 is centred around the workforce transition scenarios being
developed and implemented to deliver the system and organisational changes
required by the Health and Social Care Act. This includes the following;
Developing the Cluster itself
Developing Clinical Commissioning Groups
Aligning staff and functions for transfer to the City and County Local
Authorities and Public Health England
Identifying staff and functions to be absorbed into the NHS
Commissioning Board
Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Service
For each of these scenarios work is being taken forward across the Cluster to
identify opportunities for rationalisation and business efficiencies plans and
timeframes, audit skills and map the current/future workforce, identify areas
where investment in new skills may be required, and structure the transition
plans and timeframes.
The Cluster HR function continues to operate a central coordinating and support
function for the changes and is providing on-going support and guidance to
managers, staff and local trade unions. HR implications of the changes are being
managed in accordance with guidance documents issued by the Department of
Health and we are working closely with HR networks across the Cluster SHA.
The Cluster Head of HR continues to contribute to the shaping, nationally and
regionally, of the People Transition workstream.
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Work is now underway to manage and protect the commissioning talent pipeline
for Derbyshire and succession planning for key posts. This is incorporated in a
proposed development programme targeted at middle and senior managers
below Directors due to be delivered in June, July, September and October of
this year.
3. Assessing Equality Impact
The Cluster continues to work on ensuring that the implementation of the EDS
(Equality Delivery System) takes proper account of the system and
organisational changes required by the Coalition Government’s planned
changes to health and social care. EDS objectives are integral to Futures 2013
and the Cluster’s approach to supporting staff and their managers through the
current programmes of organisational change. This has been particularly
important in the design and delivery of the staff support programmes which ran
very successfully in both City and County PCTs, the recent MARS and VR
programmes and support for line managers.
A number of other arrangements have been put in place to embed delivery of the
public sector General Equality Duty and the EDS within the Cluster. The
Cluster’s Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights’ function leads the organisational
and individual capacity and capability development of the Cluster in relation to
equality. This includes working with the CCGs to embed equality in their
emerging business processes and support the relevant capability development.
All the actions being taken forward as part of Futures 2013 have been checked
for compliance with the Cluster’s EDS duty.
4. People Transition Programme
The Transition Programme for Derbyshire incorporates the following broad
headings:
Organisational Design
Including work to confirm receiver structures and jobs, functions to
transfer and establishing ‘hosting’ arrangements for NHSCB
Recruitment and Retention
Arrangements to recruit to receiver organisations where appropriate, the
use of national assessment arrangements for some senior appointments,
production of job descriptions, secure support from National Transition
Team
Policies and Procedures
Including work to develop pooling, matching and appeal processes etc
Employee Relations
Ongoing management of pro-active consultation arrangements
Workforce Data
Inputting data into national and regional workforce tracker tools, develop
central system to store all recorded pooling and matching activity, support
receivers to capture workface transition data and manage workforce ‘due
diligence’ arrangements with receivers.
Organisational Development
Including work to ensure that there are programmes to provide excellent
support and assistance to staff throughout the change and transition
process. Work with receivers to ensure effective induction arrangements
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are in place
Employee Communications and Engagements
Some of the more detailed work now underway on transition is set out
below.
4.1 Transition Principles
In accordance with national guidance the Cluster is managing the transition
programme in a way which ensure that:
a) Staff will be:
Treated fairly and consistently
Engaged and consulted with
Kept informed and supported
b) Staff side will be engaged and involved throughout
c) All reasonable steps will be taken to maximise transfers and avoid
redundancies
d) We will work to retain valuable skills and experience
e) We will ensure that all staff who leave the NHS are treated with dignity and
respect
f) All transfers will be covered by Transfer Schemes to protect terms and
conditions of service, continuity of employment and any agreed pension
provision in line with COSOP and the Transfer to Undertakings Protection
of Employment regulations 2006 (TUPE).
4.2 Initial Assignment
Using the national toolkit all staff in the PCT have been aligned to receiving
organisations as follows;
- CCG’s: 158 staff
- CSO: 211 staff
- Derby City Council: 23 staff
- Derbyshire County Council: 70 staff
- NHS CB: 41 staff
- Cluster: 24 staff
- Prop Co: 23 staff
- Public Health England: 1
4.3 Job Matching, Pooling and Selection
Guidance has been issued by the Department of Health, and we will follow this
guidance in partnership and consultation with Trade Union Colleagues in
developing local plans and protocols. A summary of national guidance is
outlined below:
Transfers can be affected by “lift and shift”, where there is a transfer of
the whole function and no matching and selection process is necessary.
Where whole functions are not being transferred, there will be a pre-
transfer matching of staff carried out by a matching panel comprising
management, Trade Union and HR representative. This panel will review
sender and receiver job descriptions and organisation charts and
determine if staff will:
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- Slot in, ie. equal or less number of posts than people – a matching
process will be needed to determine the slot in, but no selection
process will be necessary; jobs will be considered a match where
51% or more of the post holders existing substantive role matches
the post in the same function and grade in the new organisation.
- Competitive slot-in, ie. more people that posts, so a selection
process will be necessary. In this event we would follow our
Organisational Change Policy, and initially ask for volunteers who
wish to de-select themselves from the process. Where needed,
selection would be carried out in accordance with Department of
Health guidance, with staff being assessed against the
requirements of the job description and person specification of the
role in the new organisation.
- For those where there is no match or who were unsuccessful in
securing a post in the steps above, they will be formally placed “at
risk” and will enter a re-deployment phase. Staff here will have
priority for any suitable remaining vacancies in their designated
receiving organisation along with other transferees to that
organisation who were also at risk. They will also be put on the
Cluster ‘at risk’ register and be covered by the regional re-
deployment process. Staff in this category will be covered by the
Trust’s Organisational Change and Pay Protection Policies, as well
as relevant provisions in Agenda for Change.
- Staff who do not secure posts in the new organisations and who
are in non-TUPE transfers will be served with notice of redundancy
to run concurrently with being at risk, and in the event that re-
deployment is not successful would leave the PCT on grounds of
redundancy on 31 March 2013. Any member of staff whose
employment is terminated on grounds of redundancy (either by
voluntary or compulsory means) will receive payment in
accordance with Agenda for Change and NHS Pension Scheme
provisions.
- Staff whose transfer is covered by the TUPE regulations and who
do not secure a new post in the new organisation will transfer
across to the new organisation on 1 April 2013, and will thereafter
undergo redundancy consultation, be put at risk and have re-
deployment opportunities as outline above. In the event they do
not secure alternative employment they will receive severance and
pension benefits as outlined above.
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4.4 Appeals
Utilising Department of Health guidance, a Derbyshire appeals protocol will be
developed in partnership with Trade Union representatives and communicated to
all staff.
4.5 Future Steps – Timeline
As at May 2012 the following is what we expect, but this could be subject to
Department of Health guidance and change:
All staff to have 1-2-1 with manager using 1-2-1 template by mid June
New bodies confirming organisational structures by end June
Matching/pooling/selection (where required) by end September
Formal confirmation to staff of outcome – either transfer to new body or at
risk by 31 December.
4.6 Vacancy Management
In the run-up to transition, in order to provide maximum opportunities for cluster
staff, the following principles will apply for posts with approval to recruit:
Staff currently at risk in the Cluster will be given initial consideration and
priority for any vacancies that arise
If the above does not fill the post then it will be advertised within the
Cluster
If the above does not result in recruitment then it will be advertised on
NHS jobs with staff on the regional ‘at risk’ register having preferential
treatment.
5. Engagement
Communications and engagement remain key enablers for Futures 2013 and we
continue to work closely with the cluster communications function to ensure that
key messages for staff and stakeholders are distributed regularly and effectively,
using a range of channels, and that staff are able to engage with the change
process. Further guidance from DH on managing the workforce implications of
the transition process, including the interpretation of potential TUPE implications
associated with alignment decisions, is being monitored on an on-going basis
and communicated to staff as appropriate.
Staff now have the opportunity to attend special transition surgeries being set up
by the HR Department and a set of Q&A has been developed for issue to all
staff. All line managers are conducting a further found of 1:1 discussions with
staff and confirming the job descriptions for current substantive roles being
undertaken. The line managers are being support through a series of special
briefing sessions being run by the HR Department.
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6. Actions and recommendations
The Board is asked to;
Note the progress with implementation of the programme of changes
under the Futures 2013
Receive further progress reports at future board meetings.
Name: Karen Rhodes, Associate Director of HR and OD
Sponsor: David Sharp, Chief Executive
Date: June 2012
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